On the MMA side of things, ONE Championship standout Agilan Thani, a former ONE welterweight champion, returned to action against Magomedmurad Khasaev. The Malaysian former champ had picked up a win in his last outing, and was looking to distance himself from a three-fight skid that had lasted from 2020 until Spring of 2022.

In the main event, WBC Muay Thai world champion Isaac Araya was paired up with multi-time Muay Thai champ Seksan Or Kwanmuang.

Full results from Friday’s event, plus a live stream of the action where available, can be found below.

ONE Friday Fights 29 Results

Seksan Or Kwanmuang def. Isaac Araya via R2 KO :46 — Muay Thai
Duangsompong Jitmuangnon def. Paidang Kiatsongrit via Unanimous Decision — Muay Thai
Komawut FA Group def. Panrit Lukjaomaesaiwaree via Majority Decision — Muay Thai
Pethuahin Jitmuangnon def. Pongsiri Sor Jor Wichitpadriew via Unanimous Decision — Muay Thai
Singdomthong Nokjeanladkrabang def. Surachai Sor Sommai via Unanimous Decision — Muay Thai
Face Erawan def. Petrapha Sor Sopit via Majority Decision — Muay Thai
Fariyar Aminipour def. Pongsiri PK Saenchai via Unanimous Decision — Muay Thai
Elbrus Osmanov def. Wail Karroumi via Unanimous Decision — Kickboxing
Rambong Sor Therapat def. Noelisson Silva via R2 TKO 3:00 — Muay Thai
Yu Yau Pui def. Celest Hansen via Unanimous Decision — Muay Thai
Agilan Thani def. Magomedmurad Khasaev via R2 SUB (RNC) 3:14
Chayan Oorzhak def. Andrey Chelbaev via R2 TKO 5:00

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Prior to those alternate bouts, however, a muay thai showdown opened the card. That saw China’s Han Zi Hao up against Victor Pinto of France, with Zi Hao looking to make it three in a row under the ONE banner. He’d also be looking to start the night off on the right foot for China, who had three fighters on the NextGen II card.

On the MMA side of things, ONE regular Agilan Thani returned to action, taking on Japan’s Hiroyuki Tetsuka. “The Alligator” was looking to bounce back from a loss to Tyler McGuire last year, in what was his first fight of 2021. Tetsuka was also looking to bounce back from a loss, to Murad Ramazanov in 2020.

The main event of the ONE: NextGen II card was an all-Thailand Muay Thai showdown, between #1-ranked Saemapetch Fairtex and Rittewada.

Full results from ONE: NextGen II can be found below. Where available, a livestream of the action can be viewed above.

ONE Championship: NextGen II Results

Rittewada def. Saemapetch by TKO (doctor’s stoppage — cut), Round 2, 2:10- bantamweight Muay Thai
Tang Kai def. Yoon Chang Min by TKO, Round 1, 4:03
Dovydas Rimkus def. Zhang Chunyu by majority decision – featherweight kickboxing world grand prix alternate bout
Smokin’ Jo Nattawut def. Yurik Davtyan by knockout, Round 1, 2:50 – featherweight kickboxing world grand prix alternate bout
Hiroyuki Tetsuka def. Agilan Thani by TKO, Round 3, 3:45
Han Zi Hao def. Victor Pinto by unanimous decision – Muay Thai

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That main event saw former ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion Jonathan Haggerty going the distance with Japan’s Taiki Naito. In the end, Haggerty maintained his spot in the flyweight division hierarchy, winning a unanimous decision.

In the co-main event, standout Dutch kickboxer Nieky Holzken, a former GLORY world champion, stopped Elliot Compton in the opening round to retain his #1 ranking in the lightweight division.

On the MMA side of things, Tyler McGuire defeated fellow ONE Championship mainstay Agilan Thani by unanimous decision. And China’s Chen Rui continued to impress by finishing Ali Motamed within a round.

Full results and a gallery of highlights from ONE Championship: Big Bang II can be found below.

ONE Championship: Big Bang II

Jonathan Haggerty def. Taiki Naito by unanimous decision  – Muay Thai main event
Nieky Holzken def. Elliot Compton by knockout, Round 1, 1:36 – kickboxing bout
Kim Jae Woong def. Tetsuya Yamada by TKO, Round 2, 4:39
Rade Opacic def. Errol Zimmerman by TKO, Round 2, 1:35 – kickboxing bout
Tyler McGuire def. Agilan Thani by unanimous decision
Chen Rui def. Ali Motamed by TKO, Round 1, 1:56

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Big Bang II was broadcast via tape delay, the fights comprising the six-bout event held alongside the original live Big Bang card a week ago in Kallang, Singapore. The second half of the event included Muay Thai and kickboxing action in addition to MMA, and was topped by a flyweight Muay Thai fight between Japan’s Taiki Naito and former ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion Jonathan Haggerty.

In the co-main event, kickboxing action saw Nieky Holzken looking to defend his #1 ranking at lightweight against Elliot Compton.

On the MMA side of things, two ONE Championship standouts were set to collide as Agilan Thani went up against American Tyler McGuire.

A stream of the ONE Championship: Big Bang II broadcast can be viewed above where available. Full results from the event, which begins at 7:30AM ET on Friday, are below.

ONE Championship: Big Bang II Results:

Jonathan Haggerty def. Taiki Naito by unanimous decision  – Muay Thai main event
Nieky Holzken def. Elliot Compton by knockout, Round 1, 1:36 – kickboxing bout
Kim Jae Woong def. Tetsuya Yamada by TKO, Round 2, 4:39
Rade Opacic def. Errol Zimmerman by TKO, Round 2, 1:35 – kickboxing bout
Tyler McGuire def. Agilan Thani by unanimous decision
Chen Rui def. Ali Motamed by TKO, Round 1, 1:56

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ONE Championship will crown its inaugural bantamweight kickboxing champion at Mark of Greatness next month. In a press release distributed to media outlets Thursday, the promotion announced that Alaverdi “Babyface Killer” Ramazanov of Russia will face “Muay Thai Boy” Zhang Chenglong in the main event title fight. Flyweight Muay Thai champ Sam-A Gaiyanghadao, meanwhile, will look to earn a second title against Wang Junguang in the co-main event. They’ll be competing for ONE’s inaugural strawweight kickboxing championship.

MMA action will see Agilan Thani (10-4) take on Mohammad Karaki (9-1), a former title challenger against Aung La N Sang. Thani most recently picked up a loss against former UFC title challenger Yushin Okami. Meanwhile Muhammad Aiman (6-3) is set to face China’s Chen Rui (7-1).

ONE Championship: Mark of Greatness takes place December 6, 2019 at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The card as announced can be found below.

Main Event
ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Championship
Alaverdi Ramazanov vs Zhang Chenglong
Kickboxing: 65.8kg

Co-Main Event
ONE Strawweight Kickboxing World Championship 
Sam-A Gaiyanghadao vs Wang Junguang
Kickboxing: 56.7kg

Jihin Radzuan vs Denice Zamboanga
Mixed Martial Arts: 52.2kg

Agilan Thani vs Mohammad Karaki
Mixed Martial Arts: 83.9kg

Gurdarshan Mangat vs Reece McLaren
Mixed Martial Arts: 61.2kg

Ryuto Sawada vs Bokang Masunyane
Mixed Martial Arts: 56.7kg

Andre Stoica vs Anderson Silva
Kickboxing: 102.1kg

Muhammad Aiman vs Chen Rui
Mixed Martial Arts: 65.8kg

Tial Thang vs Kim Woon Kyoum
Mixed Martial Arts: 65.8kg

Yoon Chang Min vs Fabio Pinca
Mixed Martial Arts: 70.3kg

Rui Botelho vs Taiki Naito
Muay Thai: 61.2kg

Savannah Em vs Rayane Bastos
Mixed Martial Arts: 61.2kg

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At 43 years old, and four years removed from his last UFC fight, Yoshihiro Akiyama was one of the more unlikely additions to the ONE Championship roster lately. The Japanese fighter, however, remains a popular figure in Asia, in the sport, and clearly felt he had something left to give. Saturday in Shanghai, China at ONE’s Legendary Quest card, Akiyama gave all he had against Agilan Thani. Thani, a former welterweight title challenger who had come up short to Ben Askren, did not give the Japanese star a warm welcome to the promotion.

Akiyama came out looking strong, finding some success on the feet early, which led to a judo throw takedown. But as the round wore on, Thani began to take control. His grinding pace began to wear Akiyama down, but a knee by Thani connected low, sending Japan’s ‘Sexiyama’ crashing to the canvas in pain. That gave him five minutes to recover, while Thani paced nervously in his corner. A No Contest was in the air.

Akiyama took nearly the full block of recovery time, and had to be helped to his feet. Yet he chose to continue, and immediately fired off a front kick. Thani would answer with a kick of his own, and hold the edge on the feet, connecting with several strikes by round’s end.

It was hard to imagine that Akiyama wasn’t still feeling that low blow. In the second, he barely avoided an early flying knee attack. Later in the round, adding insult to injury, he was dumped out of the ring by Thani, slipping between the ropes during a takedown attempt. Thani would land a few belly-to-back takedowns from there, but as time progressed, Thani faded. He found himself hemmed in. Trapped in the corner. Akiyama had an opening, but as the fight devolved into a slugfest, he simply didn’t have enough left in the tank himself. That, despite Thani practically standing still, hands low.

In the third, Thani found his second wind. Akiyama did not. The slugfest continued, but it was Thani landing more, moving just a little better. Akiyama refused to go away easy, firing a late spinning backfist, and trading to the end.

It just wasn’t enough. Thani took home the unanimous decision win when it went to the judges. Yet another UFC star had come up short in his ONE Championship debut. Yet unlike Eddie Alvarez, Yushin Okami, and Sage Norhtcutt before him, Akiyama at least went the distance in a highly entertaining co-main event fight.

Official Result: Agilan Thani def. Yoshihiro Akiyama by unanimous decision

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ONE Championship returned to Shanghai, China on Saturday, bringing it’s Legendary Quest card to the Baoshan Arena. In the main event, a women’s atomweight Muay Thai title fight saw Stamp Fairtex defend her championship against Alma Juniku.

Making his ONE Championship debut on the card, meanwhile, was former UFC fighter Yoshihiro Akiyama. ‘Sexiyama’ was tasked with taking on standout Agilan Thani, and would be looking to avoid the struggles of other UFC transplants including Eddie Alvarez, Sage Northcutt, and fellow countryman Yushin Okami.

Check below come fight time for full results, and watch the live stream above where available!

ONE Championship: Legendary Quest Results:

Main Card

Stamp Fairtex def. Alma Juniku by unanimous decision – for the ONE women’s atomweight Muay Thai championship
Agilan Thani def. Yoshihiro Akiyama by unanimous decision
Zhang Chenglong def. Tyler Hardcastle by knockout, Round 1, 1:54 – ONE Super Series kickboxing
Han Zi Hao def. Andrew Miller by knockout, Round 2, 2:36- ONE Super Series Muay Thai
Koyomi Matsushima def. Kwon Won Il by unanimous decision
Tarik Khbabez def. Anderson Silva by unanimous decision – ONE Super Series Kickboxing
Reinier De Ridder def. Gilberto Galvao by TKO, Round 2, 0:57
Rodlek PK. Saenchaimuaythaigym def. Liam Harrison by unanimous decision – ONE Super Series Muay Thai

Preliminary Card

Chen Lei def. Antjony Engelen by unanimous decision
Fan Rong def Sherif Mohamed by TKO, Round 2, 3:50
Niu Kang Kang def. Eric Kelly by unanimous decision
Yoon Chang Min def. Trestle Tan by TKO, Round 1, 4:05
Itsuki Hirata def. Angelie Sabanal by submission (Americana), Round 1, 2:59
Phoe Thaw def. Victorio Senduk by knockout, Round 1, 4:17

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ONE Championship was back in action Friday with their final show of 2018. Destiny of Champions went down at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and featured Muay Thai action atop the card. Yet there was still plenty of MMA content as well, with Mei Yamaguchi, Alex Silva, and former middleweight champion Vitaly Bigdash all on the docket.

Malaysia’s own Agilan Thani was also in action, taking on Kiamrian Abbasov. Thani (9-2) had last fought in July, losing to Zebaztian Kadestam, who went on to win the welterweight title last month. With the division wide open and a new champion crowned, Thani, who had once challenged Ben Askren for welterweight gold in ONE, had an opportunity to inch closer to another crack at the title.

Another big story line on the ONE Championship: Destiny of Champions card, three bouts on the women’s side of the sport, at atomweight, flyweight, and strawweight.

Then in the main event, Yodanklai IWE Fairtex taking on Australia’s Luis Regis in Muay Thai action.

Check back come fight time for full results from ONE Championship: Destiny of Champions, plus watch the official livestream below!

ONE Championship: Destiny of Champions Results:

Main Card:

Yodsanklai IWE Fairtex def. Luis Regis by knockout, Round 1, 2:08- ONE Super Series Muay Thai
Kiamrian Abbasov def. Agilan Thani by submission (rear-naked choke), Round 1, 2:35
Jihin Radzuan def. Jenny Huang by unanimous decision
Petchmorrakot Petchyindee Academy def. Liam Harrison by knockout, Round 2, 1:15 – ONE Super Series Muay Thai
Vitaly Bigdash def. Yuki Niimura by submission (reverse triangle shoulder lock), Round 1, 4:24
Yosuke Saruta def. Alex Silva by unanimous decision
Panpayak Jitmuangnon def. Rui Botelho by unanimous decision

Preliminary Card:

Mohammed Bin Mahmoud def. Stergos Nikkios by knockout, Round 1, 2:20
Mei Yamaguchi def. Jomary Torres by unanimous decision
Chan Rothana def. Abro Fernandes by TKO, Round 2, 4:06
Sovannahry Em def. Iryna Kyselova by TKO, Round 1, 1:21

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ONE Championship will return to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia next month, and when they do, hometown hero Agilan Thani will be there. However, it will be ONE Super Series Muay Thai that tops the card, entitled Destiny of Champions. In the main event, Yodsanklai IWE Fairtex will take on Luis Regis in featherweight Muay Thai action.

With 199 professional wins, Fairtex is primed to reach another milestone in his martial arts career. Regis, a former World Fight Organisation Muay Thai World Title, will look to put a damper on that.

It’s Agilan Thani (9-2), however, that local fans will be behind. The welterweight standout was dangerously close to securing a title shot for the title left vacant by Ben Askren. However, Thani came up short against Zebaztian Kadestam, who fights Tyler McGuire this weekend for the title. Now, Thani gets a crack at getting back in the title hunt at Destiny of Champions opposite Kyrgyzstan’s Kiamrian Abbasov (19-4). Abbasov fell to Luis Sants under the ONE banner back in March, but has since bounced back with a win outside of the promotion.

The winner could see themselves paired up against the winner of McGuire vs. Kadestam at this weekend’s Warrior’s Dream card in Jakarta.

In women’s atomweight action, meanwhile, Japan’s Mei Yamaguchi (17-11-1), a two-time title challenger in ONE, will face Jomary Torres (4-1).

ONE Championship: Destiny of Champions takes place December 7 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The card will air free on the ONE Championship app.

Bouts current accounts for Destiny of Champions are as follows:

Yodsanklai IWE Fairtex VS Luis Regis (ONE Super Series Muay Thai – Featherweight)
Agilan Thani VS Kiamrian Abbasov (Mixed Martial Arts – Welterweight)
Daichi Takenaka VS Kevin Chung (Mixed Martial Arts – Bantamweight)
Yuki Niimura VS Vitaly Bigdash (Mixed Martial Arts – Middleweight)
Gianni Subba VS Ma Hao Bin (Mixed Martial Arts – Flyweight)
Petchmorrakot Wor. Sangprapai VS Charlie Peters (ONE Super Series Muay Thai – 68-kilogram catch weight)
Mei Yamaguchi VS Jomary Torres (Mixed Martial Arts – Atomweight)
Jihin Radzuan VS Jenny Huang (Mixed Martial Arts – Atomweight)
Abro Fernandes VS Chan Rothana (Mixed Martial Arts – Flyweight)
Savannah Em VS Iryna Kyselova (Mixed Martial Arts – Flyweight)
Mohammed Bin Mahmoud VS Stergos Mikkios (ONE Super Series Muay Thai – Bantamweight)

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Now that a busy weekend of MMA is over, it’s time to step back and reflect on the action. The show that kicked the festivities off, ONE Championship: Pursuit of Power, saw a changing of the guard on Friday. Favorites fell, and the welterweight landscape was reshaped.

In the main event, Agilan Thani’s rise back to the top of the welterweight division was halted when he fell to Zebaztian Kadestam. Both men had previously challenged for Ben Askren’s title, now vacant in the wake of the American’s retirement. Yet Thani was clearly the favorite heading in. The ‘Alligator’ was fighting at home after all, anchoring the main event of the Pursuit of Power card. However it was Kadestam who came out on top, halting Thani’s two fight win streak.

Luis Santos, who Kadestam had defeated to earn his crack at Ben Askren, was also a favorite on the night. Yet like Thani, Santos, paired up against America’s Tyler McGuire, would also come up short. The man who gave Askren his toughest test was controlled by the school teacher on the way to a unanimous decision loss. That dropped Santos to 1-2 in his last three.

Where the welterweight division goes from here is anyone’s guess, but you can relive the action in the gallery below courtesy of ONE Championship!

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